On Fri, Jul 06, 2007 at 12:08:05PM -0400, Dan Williams wrote: > On Fri, 2007-07-06 at 08:40 -0700, Javier Cardona wrote: > > John, > > > > On 6/14/07, John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I'm not aware of any project working on wireless mesh in mac80211 at > > > the moment, serious or otherwise. I think one would be worthwhile, > > > but I don't know of anyone working on it. > > > > We (cozybit Inc.) are working on an open implementation of 802.11s for > > Linux, based on mac80211. We implemented an early draft > > implementation of 802.11s for the Marvell wireless interface used on > > the One Laptop Per Child. That implementation was done entirely in > > firmware to take advantage of the unique capabilities of Marvell's > > wireless device: the system-on-chip wireless module enables the > > laptop to act as a low-power, fully functional mesh point even when > > the main CPU is off. > > > > Our next goal is to do a reference implementation of the latest > > 802.11s draft on Linux. The hope is that it will help to achieve > > early interoperability and convergence of the standard. We are > > seeking sponsors for the project. So far Nortel has expressed strong > > interest. > > Rock on. If we can achieve convergence between the API that libertas > +mesh and the mac80211+mesh use, then we should both use the same > cfg80211/nl80211 interface for both. ACK. This is definitely good news. I am eager to see your patches. Let me know if I can somehow be helpful in your help for project sponsorship. John -- John W. Linville linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
